I remember playing the original, it was great. Hypnotise a large enough group of citizens then swamp the enemy picking their corpses clean of anything useful. This strategy pretty much got me through the entire game.

you have Gran Turismo for that sort of thing if you want a 'realistic driving experience'.

If you want to drive at a million miles an hour, ram an opponent into a bus, ramp off the side of a mountain onto a railway bridge, then 360 spin into a barrell roll, then the arcade side of driving games is what you'd be after.

also one of the better supported games in recent times with some good free updates (new game modes, bikes, day/night cycle - all the more suprising as it's an EA game) as well as some pretty decent paid dlc (Big Surf Island was good fun)

might put you off of both of those games. They're pretty similar, with Driver:SF pretty much being a 'better' version of Burnout Paradise with some added toys, bells and whistles and <GASPS> an attempt at an actual storyline.

In short: Sign up to Ilovefilm and get a shot of these without spunking loads of cash on games you might not actually like at all. And that, I think, is the best advice you will get in this thread.

I loved Burnout 2 and 3 on PS2, and I bought Burnout Paradise expecting more of the same. Unfortunately the whole thing just seemed a bit half-arsed, like they'd tried to make it a cross between GTA and the original Burnouts without really making a passable attempt at either.

Batman Arkham Asylum
Uncharted 2 (got 3 not played it yet cos of skyrim)
Battlefield 3 (best multiplayer)
GTA IV (a bit humourless compared to the others, but the recreation of New York is jawdropping)
RDR
God of War 3

My tip - hit up ebay - you can get some of these games for peanuts on there